Capture of the Tuapse
The capture of the tanker Tuapse occurred on 23 June 1954, when a civilian Soviet ship was captured and confiscated by the Republic of China Navy in the high seas near the Philippines and the sailors were detained in Taiwan for various periods with three deaths, until the last four were released in 1988.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Tuapse (Russian: Туапсе) |
| Owner | Black Sea Shipping Company |
| Port of registry | Odessa, Soviet Union |
| Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Launched | 1953 |
| Fate | Captured by the ROC Navy in 1954 |
| Republic of China | |
| Name | ROCS Kuaiji, AOG-306 (會稽) |
| Acquired | 23 June 1954 |
| Commissioned | 20 October 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Apsheron-class, oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 13,200 DWT |
| Displacement | 18,000 t (17,716 long tons) |
| Length | 149.14 m (489 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 19.16 m (62 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 8.36 m (27.4 ft) |
| Propulsion | 6DKR 74/160, 5,530 shp (4,120 kW) |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) |
| Range | 7 knots (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) |
| Complement | 49 |
| Armament | None |
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